N F Flathead River nr Columbia Falls MT - 12355500

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Apr 20, 2025

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2007-10-01 - 2025-04-20

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

1995-10-01 - 2025-04-20

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2012-04-01 - 2025-04-20

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	12355500	_n/a
Site name	N F Flathead River nr Columbia Falls MT	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	482944.87	_n/a
DMS longitude	1140736.35	_n/a
Decimal latitude	48.4957972	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-114.1267639	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Montana	30
State	Montana	30
County	Flathead County	029
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description	NESWNWS35 T32N R20W P	_n/a
Name of location map	COLUMBIA FALLS NORTH	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	3145.59 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.1 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	North Fork Flathead	17010206
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	1556 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	MST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NYNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number		_n/a

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